Call me a nit-picker if you like but with most everything I shoot I run it through the ultra sonic to get the primer pockets and interior then through a vibrator to get the cases "pretty". I have friends that rarely even go to the trouble of vibrating their cases, just reload and shoot til they don't work or split or whatever. Black powder is a lot of trouble to shoot in a cartridge, I knock my primers out on the bench, toss the cases in a bucket with simple green and hot water, at the end of the event I give them a good shake and swirl. When I get home I usually put everything away, take the can downstairs and while running hot water over the cases I shot I run a bristle brush down the case to scrub out the residue. Then they go into the ultra sonic cleaner, summer is nice because I take them outside and air dry on a towel overnight before running them through the vibrator.
To me the entire shooting process is important from purchasing the firearm, to cleaning and maintaining. This also pertains to reloading and as an old boy once pointed out "If your not casting your own bullets your not really reloading, just parts replacing."
This type of thinking got me into muzzle loading more than anything else, each individual shot is different and unless a strict sequence of events is followed accuracy can suffer.
I used to weigh the black powder I used in a cartridge rifle until an old timer asked me "How many grains of powder does it take to truly show a difference on target." I told him that it usually takes at least 5grains to produce a different group with the same sight picture, usually done in damp weather (increase). He asked me what type of powder measure I use for black powder and I told him an old Belding and Mull, he then told me to try weighing charges to see how far off they were charge to charge, it was rarely more than a couple tenths of a grain. Again it was all about consistency, do everything the same way, everytime...that is key. DO NOT GET DISTRACTED.
In the end its not about how much trouble doing something is its about what you get out of it, what else are you going to do with your time? I've got other things to do, shooting is something I like to do and anything worth doing is worth doing well.
